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October 16, 2024
91´«Ã½ opens registration and launches Preliminary Program for 2025 LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience in Phoenix, AZ
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LibLearnX is a four-day learning conference that invites 91´«Ã½ members and non-members to participate in collaborative and engaging education, networking, and celebrations.
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October 1, 2024
Freedom to Read Community Day of Action rallies support for America’s libraries on October 19
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The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) and the 91´«Ã½-founded Unite Against Book Bans campaign are joining some of the nation’s largest and smallest library systems to in a Freedom to Read Community Day of Action on October 19, 2024.
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September 23, 2024
91´«Ã½ reveals preliminary data on 2024 book challenges
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Between January 1 and August 31, 2024, 91´«Ã½’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 414 attempts to censor library materials and services.
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September 19, 2024
ALSC, 91´«Ã½ unveil 'Inspiring Future Voters' booklist for young readers
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As part of the 91´«Ã½’s Reader Voter Ready civic engagement campaign, the Association for Library Service to Children has released “Inspiring Future Voters,” a new booklist for young readers.
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September 17, 2024
On National Voter Registration Day 2024, 91´«Ã½ President urges library professionals to get Reader Voter Ready
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WASHINGTON – On National Voter Registration Day, also Constitution Day, 91´«Ã½ President Cindy Hohl issued the following letter to library professionals: Dear colleagues, Today is National Voter Registration Day. As president of the American Library...
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July 25, 2024
Sam Helmick chosen 2024-2025 91´«Ã½ president-elect
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The 91´«Ã½ Council decided on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that Sam Helmick will be the 2024-2025 president-elect effective immediately.
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91´«Ã½ in the News
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In observance of Banned Books Week, the 91´«Ã½ and PEN America released reports on book censorship across the country.
For Money Smart Week @ your library, April 2-9, Mason-Crest donating "Junior Library of Money" set
CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½ is pleased to announce that Mason Crest Publishers will be donating one of its new "Junior Library of Money" sets to one of the libraries participating in Money Smart Week @ your library. In addition, Mason Crest...
NMRT and the Merritt Fund host reception at 91´«Ã½ Conference in New Orleans
CHICAGO - The 91´«Ã½ New Members Round Table (NMRT) and the LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund are collaborating to present a joint reception at the 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in New Orleans. The NMRT Awards Reception and the Merritt Fund "Reception for a Cause"...
Registration open for international intellectual freedom meeting in Miami
CHICAGO - Registration is now open for “Intellectual Freedom in a Changing World,” a conference on international issues related to free access to information in libraries. The event will take place August 10-12, 2011 at the Newport Beachside Hotel &...
Celebrate nation’s library workforce during National Library Workers Day, April 12
CHICAGO - You type your search term into a search engine. You get 300,000 responses…now what? Ask a librarian! Libraries don’t just offer the hardware, but also offer the expertise of librarians in helping teach people how to use the Internet and find the...
Step Up to the Plate @ your library opening day is only days away
Librarians: register now for free tools to promote the program locally CHICAGO – Only a few days remain until season six of Step Up to the Plate @ your library opens to the public, but there is still time for librarians to register for free tools to help...
Polls remain open until April 22 for 91´«Ã½ 2011 election
CHICAGO – Polls are still open for the 2011 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) election, in which members will choose their new president- elect and council members. The polls will close at 11:59 p.m. CST on April 22. The Election Committee will meet to...
91´«Ã½â€™s Michael Dowling discusses first ever Money Smart Week @ your library April 2 - 9
CHICAGO – Michael Dowling, director of the 91´«Ã½’s (91´«Ã½) Chapter Relations Office, discusses the first-ever Money Smart Week @ your library (April 2 – 9, 2011) in a podcast on the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public...
91´«Ã½ TechSource to repeat popular RDA Workshop
CHICAGO - By popular demand, 91´«Ã½ TechSource is offering the three-part workshop Using RDA: Moving into the Metadata Future this spring. Presenters Karen Coyle, Chris Oliver and Diane Hillmann will offer a perspective on RDA from the context of AACR2...
Freedom to Read Foundation announces competition for four Banned Books Week grants
Judith Krug Fund will provide $2,500 and $1,000 awards to Read-Outs CHICAGO - The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), through its Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund, will provide four grants — ranging from $2,500 to $1,000 — to four organizations to support...
RUSA names Sosulski outstanding business librarian
CHICAGO — Nicolette Warisse Sosulski, business librarian at Portage (Mich.) District Library, has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship — an annual honor administered by the...
Campbell, Cook receive Emerald Research Grant for business reference research
CHICAGO -- Diane K. Campbell, assistant professor, Rider University Library, and Ronald G. Cook, professor of entrepreneurial studies, Rider University, are co-recipients of one of the 2011 RUSA BRASS Emerald Research Grants. This is one of two grants...
Clewell, Hernandez, Kane receive 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grants
ST. PAUL, MINN. – Three library professionals will receive the 2011 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant at the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Annual Conference in New Orleans. The grant, sponsored by 3M Library Systems for 40 years, is awarded to...
Celebrate mobile libraries with National Bookmobile Day @ your library
CHICAGO – On Wednesday, April 13, communities across America will celebrate the 2nd annual National Bookmobile Day @ your library, honoring the more than 930 bookmobiles and dedicated bookmobile staff that provide vital library services to their...
CHICAGO — Four popular YA authors — Jay Asher, Sarah Dessen, James Kennedy and Carolyn Mackler — will join authors Walter Dean Myers, Chris Grabenstein and Julie Halpern at the Young Adult Library Services Association’s half-day Annual preconference,...
Joyce Saricks wins 2011 RUSA Margaret Monroe Award
CHICAGO — Joyce Saricks, adjunct professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University, and well-known adult readers’ advisory expert, is the winner of the Reference and User Services Association’s 2011 Margaret Monroe...
